re. 1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 Nc6, my intention was to play 3 d4! immediately here, having avoided the Vaganian (sp?) Gambit

re. 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 Bb7 4 d4 g6, I remember this being recommended by Kaufman as an alternative to the Anti-Grunfeld. I found it odd how he admits in his introduction that (paraphrasing) engines aren't as well developed in their ability to evaluate closed positions ("such as the French, but that's not in this book") but later claims near-refutation of the KID based mainly on engine evaluations, and has one of his main selling points for the QID/KID hybrid as (again, paraphrasing) "the engines prefer Black's chances here to the KID proper" 

re. 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 b6 3 g3 c5, I think the Hedgehog that is likely to occur would fall under the category of "1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 and d2-d4 asap", although in fairness I was too lazy at the time to expand that   

re. 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4 d4 3 b4 f6, I recall seeing a Hillarp-Persson game in this line which was fairly inspiring as an alternative to Delchev's (refuted?) recommendation...I can't seem to find the game now though - further research required 

Lauri Torni wrote on 05/05/15 at 07:23:28:
 
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 also looks good for Black.  I've started to lean towards 2.d4 as well

Lauri Torni wrote on 05/05/15 at 07:23:28:
 
But here 3...e5 looks like an equalizer according to statistics.

I'm also wondering what you guys play against 1...d6. Haven't found a really satisfying line yet.

True that, but the original poster was asking for lines he might have overlooked. I was just pointing one out.

One thought. If Black employs the move order 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5!? I don't see a way for White to effectively avoid the Hedgehog.

Mostly just transposition to 3 Nc3/4 d4 I'd have thought, because white's knight really does fairly obviously belong on c3

iirc 4.. e5 normally means that gambit with d5 on the next move, which is certainly scary but some strong players on the white side too. Could do well enough against it if well prepared and happy to suffer a bit for material.

The Double Fianchetto is becoming popular. 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.d4 g6 (Other moves on 3rd and 4th and black could probably sneak into a Hedgehog or a QID out of your repertoire).
I've also been preparing a 1.Nf3 repertoire, with similar lines as you, and I'm also around 2050. I hope you'll keep posting your progress in this thread!

Hello! I'm somewhat new to 1 Nf3, and I've put a bit of thought into creating a repertoire. It's relatively transpositional, and was wondering if there were any obvious holes/move order deficiencies in it (or if anyone had any suggestions/recommendations). Thanks! 


1 Nf3 

A) 1...d5 2 c4 

     2...e6; 3 g3, wait for Black to commit to ...Be7, and then play d2-d4, transposing to the Catalan, circumventing several critical lines.

    2...c6 3 e3 Nf6 4 Nc3; ...Bf5/g4 5 Qb3; on 4...e6 5 d4, transposing to the Meran, having avoided the Classical Slav lines with ...dxc4

   2...dxc4 3 e3; following Delchev's repertoire, delaying d2-d4, and waiting for a convenient moment to transpose to the QGA proper.

   2...d4 3 b4!?

B) 1...Nf6 2 c4

    2...e6 3 g3
 
              3...b6 4 Bg2 Bb7 5 d4 transposing to the QID, having avoided ...Ba6 lines.

   2...g6 3 Nc3 
 
          3...Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 d4 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 Be3

          3...d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 Qb3 (not entirely sure here)

C) 1...c5 2 c4 and d2-d4 asap.